Canal (ward)

Canal (Ward 16) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. Since its creation in 2007 it has returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.[2] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed and the ward decreased in population, but continued to return four councillors.

Canal

Aerial view looking west over Milton which forms a large proportion of the Canal ward (2012)
Area14.40 km2 (5.56 sq mi)
Population25,000 (2015)[1]
• Density1,736/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Glasgow
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Postcode districtG4, G21, G22, G23
Dialling code0141
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
Canal Ward (2017) within Glasgow

Boundaries

Located in the north of Glasgow, the ward includes Possilpark and Milton as well as Ruchill, Firhill, Hamiltonhill, Parkhouse, Lambhill, Port Dundas and part of Cowlairs, consisting of the streets to the west of the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line railway tracks which form the ward's eastern boundary (the exception is a small section of the Colston neighbourhood on the eastern side of the tracks which is included to Canal ward; however, this area is further divided with everything north of Colston Road belonging to the adjoining town of Bishopbriggs in East Dunbartonshire). The west boundary is the Port Dundas branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal, which gives the ward its name.[3]

The 2017 changes added more territory west of the main canal (which was previously the boundary but now lies mostly within the ward), taking in the Cadder neighbourhood from the Maryhill/Kelvin ward, along with a large area around Balmore Road which is almost uninhabited. In contrast, the more densely populated North Kelvinside neighbourhood was reassigned to the Hillhead ward.

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Kieran Wild
(Greens)		 Ellen Hurcombe
(Labour)		 Jim MacKechnie
(Labour)		 Billy McAllister
(SNP)
2012 Chris Kelly
(Labour)		 Helen Stephen
(Labour)
2017 Allan Gow
(SNP)		 Gary Gray
(Labour)		 Robert Mooney
(Labour)		 Jacqueline McLaren
(SNP)

Election Results

2007
Main article: 2007 Glasgow City Council election
  1. Returning councillor for Milton single-member ward.
  2. Returning councillor for Ashfield single-member ward.
  3. Returning councillor for North Kelvin single-member ward.
  4. Returning councillor for Firhill single-member ward.
  • On 27 March 2012, Cllr Ellen Hurcombe resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent.

2012

Main article: 2012 Glasgow City Council election
  • On 24 April 2016 SNP Cllr Billy McAllister resigned from the party and became an Independent, claiming that the SNP leadership were intolerant to free speech.[4]
  • On 21 November 2016, Labour Cllr Chris Kelly resigned from the council to take up a politically restricted position at HMRC. No by-election was called due to the resignation's proximity to the May 2017 elections.

2017

Main article: 2017 Glasgow City Council election

See also

References

  1. City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 16 - Canal, Glasgow City Council
  2. Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  3. Council elections 2017: Canal ward moving from deprivation to regeneration, Evening Times, 3 April 2017
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